Certification of payment; $230.61 to Francis Mentges, Inspector of the Troops and Garrisons, expenses while going to muster troops at Reading Pennsylvania and inspect barracks at Carlisle and back to Philadelphia.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Encloses copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy regarding the French prisoners who arrived in Baltimore aboard the Monteguinai. Requests immediate attention.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Hamilton explains his rules relating to extra expenses with the understanding that commanders have the discretion to make exceptions in instances of special circumstances. He addresses the questions of soldiers serving as servants and states that in times of peace this is acceptable while in times of war supernumeraries will be enlisted for that purpose. He lists the sundry ranks of officers and the number of servants to which each is entitled.
Simmons forwards the proceedings of a court martial held at Fort Jay. A court martial to address various deserters was convened under the authority of Capt. James Read. This record was brought to Swan's attention to account for pay stoppages.
